Bill Text: NY S00944 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to proof of service to municipalities by applicants for certificates of environmental compatibility and public need relating to the construction of major utility transmission facilities; requires applicants to provide proof of service to municipalities within a one mile radius of where such facility is to be located.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00944-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           944

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to proof of service
          to municipalities by  applicants  for  certificates  of  environmental
          compatibility  and public need relating to the construction of a major
          utility transmission facility

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph i of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
     2  122  of the public service law, as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of
     3  2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    i. each municipality in which any portion of such facility  is  to  be
     5  located,  or  within  a  one mile radius of where such facility is to be
     6  located, both as primarily proposed and  in  the  alternative  locations
     7  listed.  Notice to a municipality shall be addressed to the chief execu-
     8  tive officer thereof and shall specify the date on or  about  which  the
     9  application is to be filed;
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03824-01-1